Thousands of Children Get Home Schooling in India
Currently, 143,823 children with special needs (CWSN) are being provided home schooling under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in India. This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD), Upendra Kushwaha…
What Is Your Suggestion for Education Policy of India?
The last date for sharing inputs on the Draft National Education Policy has been extended from 31st July to 16th August, 2016. By Rakesh Raman The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India, has released the outlines of…
How to Prepare for the IIT Entrance Examination
Prakash Javdekar, the Minister for Human Resource Development in India, inaugurated Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa on Saturday, July 30th. The newly set up IIT Goa will function from a temporary campus at Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi and will…
Need to Improve Quality of School Education: New CBSE Chairman
The new CBSE chairman emphasises the need for improving the quality of education in schools across the country with ample thrust upon teacher quality to sustain improvement in the standard of education. By Rakesh Raman The Central Board of Secondary…
UNICEF Disturbed Over India’s Child Labour Bill
UNICEF India said Monday that it welcomes the Rajya Sabha’s recent approval to amend the Child Labour Bill prohibiting children under the age of 14 from working. But it is concerned about one provision that could further disadvantage the most…
Sahitya Akademi Invites Applications for Yuva Puraskar
For Yuva Puraskar 2017, Sahitya Akademi is inviting books from publishers and young Indian writers of the age of 35 and below in all the 24 languages recognized by the Akademi. Sahitya Akademi under Ministry of Culture had introduced ‘Yuva…
Minority School Students Can Apply for Scholarships
It is a sin to treat a person differently based on their caste, creed, color, and religious affiliations. Such a treatment not only kills the spirit of competition particularly among students, but it also amounts to human discrimination. The beneficiaries…
अध्यापकों का आतंक – Teachers’ Terror – कैसे करें शिकायत?
गुरु गोविंद दोनों खड़े, काके लागूं पाँय । बलिहारी गुरु आपनो, गोविंद दियो मिलाय । With his verses, the Indian mystic poet Saint Kabir had given a higher status to teacher than even the God. However, today’s school teachers –…






















